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August 2023
MOUNTAIN FANTASIES FOR PIANO
Blue Job Mountain Sonata Op. 340 (1979)
Prospect Hill Sonata Op. 346 (1980)
Mount Katahdin Sonata Op. 405 (1987)
Pastorale No.1 Op. 111 No.1
Hymn to Mt.Chocorua Op. 335 (1982)
Twelve Armenian Folk Songs Op.43
Farewell to the Mountains Op. 55 #2 (1946)
Haskell Small, piano
MSR Classics MS1796 Timing 59:26 D|D|D
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September 2022
WORKS FOR PIANO / UVRES POUR PIANO
Mystic Flute Op. 22 (1937)
Pastorale No.1 Op. 111 No.1
Suite for Piano Op. 96
Dance Ghazal Op. 37a/Op. 362 (1930)
Achtamar Op. 64
Two Ghazals Op. 36
Sonata 'Cougar Mountain' Op. 390
Consolation Op. 419 First Recording
Suite on Greek Tunes (1949)
Love Song Vanishing Into Sounds of Crickets Op. 327
Slumber Song Op. 52
Macedonian Mountain Dance Op. 144
Mountain Dance No. 2Op. 144b
Franηois Mardirossian, piano
Ad Vitam AV 220715 Timing 60:47 D|D|D
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July 2022
ALAN HOVHANESS PIANO WORKS VOLUME 2
Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune Op.85
Hermes Stella Op.247 1st recording
Komachi Op.240
Sonata 'Journey to Arcturus' Op.354
Greek Rhapsody No.1 Op.63 1st recording
Alessandra Pompili, piano
Dynamic CDS 7946 Timing 56:08 D|D|D
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March 2020
ACROSS THE AGES - Works for Cello
YAKAMOCHI for Violoncello Solo Op. 193 #2 (1965)
SUITE for Violoncello and Piano Op.193 #1 (1934) First Recording
FANTASY for Double Bass (or Cello) Piano Op.277 (1974) First Recording
SONATA for Violoncello and Piano Op.255 (1932-72)
NAGOORAN for Violoncello, Timpani and 4 Percussion* Op.237 #2 (1960) First Recording
Christina Gullans (cello); Jeremy Fisell (piano)
*Sowne Ensemble: Adam Rosenlatt (timpani); Daniel Heagney (percussion); Jeff Stem (percussion); Tatevik Khoja-Eynatyan (percussion); Nonoka Mizukami (percussion); Robert Dodelin (conductor)
TROY1805 Timing 57:55 D|D|D
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February 2020
STOKOWSKI CONDUCTS 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONIES
Hovhaness: Symphony No.1 "Exile" Op.17 No.2 US premiere, Dec 1942
Stravinsky: Symphony in C radio premiere, Feb 1943
Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat (1940)
Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra
Broadcast recordings 1942-43
PASC587 Timing 76:42 A|D|D
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August 2019
SELECTED PIANO COMPOSITIONS
Invocations to Vahakn Op. 54 #1 (1945)
Yenovk Op. 176 #2 (1947 rev. 51)
Fantasy (from Lalezar) (1950-52) First Recording
Suite on Greek Tunes (1949) First Recording
Mystic Flute (1937 version) First Recording
Journey Into Dawn (1954) First Recording
Laona (1956) First Recording
Lake of Van Sonata Op. 175 (1946 rev. 59)
Vijag Op. 37 (1946)
Hakhpat Op. 54 #2 (1946 rev. 51) First Recording
Sahan Arzruni, piano
Adam Rosenblat, percussion (on Invocations to Vahakn and Hakhpat)
Kalan 773 Timing 73:46 D|D|D
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March 2018
WORKS FOR WIND, VOLUME 3
Tapor No.1, Processional for Band Op. 14 (1948)
Mountain Under the Sea chamber ensemble Op. 392 (1984)
Three Improvisations on Folk Tunes Op.248 No.2 (1952) First Recording
Starry Night for flute, harp and xylophone Op. 384 (1985) First Recording
October Mountain for percussion sextet Op. 135 (1951)
Hymn To Yerevan for band Op. 83 (1969)
Meditation on Ardalus solo flute Op. 156 No.2 (c.1958) First Recording
The Ruins of Ani for 8 clarinents Op. 250 No.1 (1972) First Recording
Overture to the Burning House ensemble Op. 185a (1962) First Recording
Suite for Band Op. 15 (1948)
Central Washington University Wind Ensemble
Conductors: Keith Brion, Mark Goodenberger, Larry Gookin
Naxos 8.559837 Timing 58:01 D|D|D
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Decmeber 2015
HOVHANESS CHAMBER WORKS WITH STRINGS
Four Bagatelles for String Quartet Op.30
String Quartet No.4 Op.208 No.2
Sonata For Violoncello and Piano Op.255
Trio I (1935) Op.3
The Alder String Quartet: Susan Baer & Stephen Cresswell, violins;
Roxanna Patterson, viola; Buell Neidlinger, cello.
Sheila Weidendorf, piano
VIV8806 Timing 49:24 D|D|D
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September 2014
ALAN HOVHANESS PIANO WORKS
Twelve Armenian Folk Songs Op.43
Ghazal Op.36a 1st recording
Shalimar Op.177
Sonata 'Cougar Mountain' Op.390
Fantasy Op.15 1st recording
Dark River and Distant Bell Op.212 1st piano recording
Alessandra Pompili, piano
Dynamic CDS 7701 Timing 52:51 D|D|D
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April 2013
CHILD IN THE GARDEN: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR PIANO 4 HANDS
Child in the Garden Op.168
Ko-ola-u Op.136
Psalm and Fugue Op.40a 1st recording of piano 4-hands transcription
Dello Joio: Family Album Franco Antonio Mirenzi: Incantesimo
Jennifer Castellano: Lullaby Urmas Sisask: DieSpirale Symphonie
Morton Feldman: Piano Four Hands Andrew Rudin: A Birthday Bagetelle
David Rakowski: Étude-Fantasies Romualds Jermaks: Threshing Song
Piano Duo Venti Dita (Marvin Rosen, Jennifer Castellano)
Piano Duo Venti Dita Timing 57:27 D|D|D
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December 2012
COMPLETE SONATAS AND SONATINAS (Six volumes)
Volume 1
Piano Sonata Ricercare Op. 12 (1935)
Piano Sonata Catamount Op. 345 (1980) 1st recording
Piano Sonata Op. 399 (1986) 1st recording
Piano Sonata Cougar Mountain Op. 390 (1985) 1st recording
Piano Sonatina Op. 120 (1962)
Volume 2
Piano Sonata Bardo Op. 192 (1959)
Piano Sonata Mount Ossipee Op. 299, No.2 (1977)
Piano Sonata Journey to Arcturus Op. 354 (1981) 1st recording
Piano Sonata Mount Belknap Op. 299, No.1 (1977) 1st recording
Volume 3
Piano Sonata Prospect Hill Op. 346 (1980)
Piano Sonata Fred the Cat Op. 301 (1977)
Piano Sonata To Hiroshiges Cat Op. 366 (1982)
Piano Sonata Tsougouharu Fujitas Sleeping Cat Op. 368 (1982)
1st recording
Piano Sonatina Meditation on Mount Monadnok Op.288 (1977)
Volume 4
Piano Sonata Blue Job Mountain Op. 340 (1979)
Piano Sonata On the Long Total Eclipse of the Moon: 6 July 1982
Op. 367 (1982) 1st recording
Piano Sonata Op. 145 (1956)
Piano Sonata Lake of Van Op. 175 (1959) 1st complete recording
Volume 5
Madras Sonata Op. 176, No. 1 (1947, 51, rev. 59)
Sonata Ananda Op. 303 (1977)
Piano Sonata Mount Kathadin Op.405 (1987)
Volume 6
Piano Sonata Mount Chocorua Op. 335 (1982)
Poseidon Sonata Op. 191 (1957)
Volume 7
Piano Sonata Mount Shasta Op. 299 No.3 (1936, rev. 1977)
Piano Sonata Lake Sammamish Op. 369 (1982)
Sonata Op. 22 (1938, later withdrawn)
Nicola Giosmin, piano
TAUKAY 142-147 and 151 Total timing 4h:59m:29s D|D|D (download only)
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July 2012
Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2 (1937, rev. 1970)
Symphony No.50 'Mount St. Helens' (1982)
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints* (1965)
*Ron Johnson, marimba
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Naxos 8.559717 Timing 65:40 D|D|D
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March 2012
FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Cantate Domino (Psalm 98) Op. 385 1st recording
Immortality Op. 134 1st recording
Unto Thee, O God Op. 87, No. 2 1st commercial recording
Triptych: Ave Maria Op. 100, No. 1a
Simple Mass Op. 282 1st recording
From the End of the Earth Op. 187
Three Motets, Op. 259 Peace Be Multiplied (No.1) God Be Merciful Unto Us (Psalm 67) (No.2) 1st recording Wisdom (No.3) 1st recording
Hear My Prayer, O Lord (Psalm 143) Op. 149 1st recording
I Will Rejoice in the Lord Op. 42 1st recording
Why Hast Thou Cast Us Off Op. 87, No. 1 1st commercial recording
The God of Glory Thundereth Op. X 1st recording
O Lord God of Hosts Op. 27 1st recording
Gloriζ Dei Cantores, Director: Elizabeth C. Patterson
GDCD 0525 Timing 75:33 D|D|D (SACD)
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October 2011
Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2
Armenian Rhapsodies 1-3 (1944)
Song of the Sea* (1933) First recording
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings** (1980)
*John McDonald, piano | **Kenneth Radnofsky, soprano saxophone
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Conductor: Gil Rose
BMOP/Sound 1015 Timing 67:29 D|D|D
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June 2009
Symphony No.3 Op.148 World premiere, October 1956
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Howard Hanson: Symphony No.4 World premiere
Roy Harris: Symphony No.7 Original version, world premiere
Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony No.2 'Adagio'
LIVE: Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra | Symphony of the Air | WDR Sinfonieorchester Kφln | Saint Louis Symphony
GHCD 2379/80 Timing 149:29 A|D|D
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June 2010
THE 1950 DIAL RECORDINGS Audio download only
Lousadzak Op.48
Tzaikerk Op.53 No.2
Achtamar Op.64
Shatakh Op.73 No.2
Maro Ajemian (piano), Anahid Ajemian (violin),
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra,Alan Hovhaness conductor
Soundmark Records Timing 36:26
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November 2010
From the Edge of Time: Piano & flute Music - 1950s to the Present
Orbit No.2, Op.102 (1952) version with flute and piano
Benejam: Sonata for flute and piano
Ordóñez: Toccata, Nocturnes 1 & 3
Part: Für Alina, Variationen Zur Gesundung von Arinuschka, Spiegel Im Spiegel
Victor Manuel Morales - piano, Pablo Hidalgo Wong - flute
Prodisc SDX28873 Timing 55:43 D|D|D
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January 2009
SOLOS | DUOS | TRIOS
Trio I for piano, violin & cello Op. 3 (1935) First Recording
Sonata Ricercare for piano Op. 12 (1935) First Recording
Artinis (Urardόan Sun God) for piano Op. 39 (1945) First Recording
Suite for oboe & bassoon Op. 23 (1949) First Recording
Poseidon Sonata for piano Op. 191 (1957) First Recording
Bardo Sonata for piano Op. 192 (1959) First Recording
Sonatina for piano Op. 120 (1962) First Recording
Trio for strings* Op. 201 (1962) First Recording
Three Haikus for piano Op. 113 (1965) First Recording
Night of a White Cat for clarinet & piano Op. 263 (1973)
Sonata for 2 bassoons+ Op. 266 (1973) First Recording
Sonata for 2 clarinets** Op. 297 (1977) First Recording
Sonata for oboe & bassoon Op. 302 (1977) First Recording
Sonata for solo viola Op. 423 (1992) First Recording
Paul Hersey, piano; Christina Fong, violin|viola; Libor Soukal, bassoon;
Jiψν estαk, oboe; Karen Krummel, cello;
Michael Kornacki, clarinet; John Varineau, clarinet**;
Radek Dostαl, bassoon+; Christopher Martin, viola*
OgreOgress XXX Timing 126:00 D|D|D 96kHz|24bit Audio DVD
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December 2009
Symphony No.7 'Nanga Parvat' Op.178
Symphony No.14 'Ararat' Op.194
Symphony No.23 'Ani' Op.249
Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra,
conductor: Keith Brion
Naxos 8.559385 Timing 62:12
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September 2009
REVERIE
The Garden of Adonis, Op.245 (1971) suite for flute and harp
Plus flute/harp works by
Faurι, Franchi, Gounod, Ibert, Piazolla
Anthony Ferner (flute), Helen Webby (harp)
Ode Records CDMANU2050 Timing __:__ D|D|D
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GUILD
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June 2009
Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2 (US premiere, Dec 1942)
Milhaud: Symphony No.1 (1st New York performance)
Copland: Symphony No.2 (US premiere, Jan 1944)*
Jose Serebrier: Symphony No.1 (world premiere) 1st recording
LIVE: Leopold Stokowski / NBC and *Houston Symphony Orchestras
GHCD 2347 Timing 72:51 A|D|D
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Conflict (2nd movement)
Triumph (3rd movement)
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April 2009
HISTORIC LIVE LECTURE-CONCERT WITH ALAN HOVHANESS
Saturn
Ghazal No.1*
Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock
Lucy Shelton: Soprano, Lawrence Sobol: Clarinet, Peter Basquin: Piano
*Alan Hovhaness, piano
Grenadilla CD RGP91009 Timing 66:47
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March 2009
AMERICAN CHORAL PREMIERES
Four Motets Op.268 (1973) for Chorus SATB First recording
Plus modern choral works by Egon Cohen, Paul Nicholson,
Paul French, Easley Blackwood, Robert Kreutz,
William Ferris, William C. White
William Ferris Chorale directed by Paul French
Cedille CDR 90000 109 Timing 64:10
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January 2009
VISIONS OF THE EAST
Ode to the Temple of Sound (1954) First recording
Symphony No.10 Vahaken First recording
Meditation on Zeami First recording
Floating World First complete recording
Frost Symphony Orchestra, University of Miami / Chung Park
Centaur CRC 2954 Timing 58:00 D|D|D
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February 2008
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone & Strings, Op.344 First recording
Other works with saxophone by Villa-Lobos (aria from Bachianas Brasilieras #5), Bruzdowicz, Morgan, Raman, Kilar, Leatherbarrow and Bozza Includes 1st recordings
Greg Banaszak, saxophone,
Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Piotr Borkowski
Centaur CRC 2889/90 Timing 86:22
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